Medal-ribbon bar



W. FLGAUNT.

MEDAL RIBBON'BAR.

APPLICATION nun FEB. 10. 1920.

1,3 0,892. Patented'lune 7,1921.

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WALTER F. GAUNT, 'OF BIRMINGEAMyENGLAND.

MEDAL-RIBBON BAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June *7, 1921.

Application filed February 10, 1920. Serial No. 357,734. i

T all 10 how it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER F RANOIS I GAUNT,a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of \VarstoneParade lVorks, IVarstone Parade, Birmingham, lVarWick, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Medal- Ribbon Bars; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof.

This invention has reference to medal ribbon bars and to the means forsecuring the same to a button-hole or the like of a garment.

. According to this invention a medal ribbon bar having attached to itone or more medal ribbons or imitation medal ribbons has fixed to theback of it or to the back of a back plate fixed to the medal ribbon bar,

one or more fiat section stems, each of which has a crescent-shaped oroblong or other attachment part like the back of a solitaire, adapted tobe passed through a button-hole or the like of a garment and thus securethe medal ribbon bar thereto and enable said medal ribbon bar to bereadily removed from the button-hole or the'like when required.

Said stem with its solitaire-like attachment part, or stems with theirsolitaire-like attachment parts, can be constructed and arranged andcombined with the medal ribbon bar in various ways as I will nowdescribe by referring to the accompanying drawings of which Figure 1 isa back elevation of a medal ribbon bar furnished at the back with acrescent-shaped attachment part in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a sideelevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same but drawn on alargerscale than are Figs. 1 and 2;

Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are perspective views of the separate parts of themedal ribbon bar and its attachment part shown in Figs. 1,

2 and 3; 7

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of back plate for usewith the portion of the medal ribbon bar shown in Fig. 4;

Fig. 8 is a plan and side elevation of a sheet-metal blank for formingthe crescentshaped attachment in Figs. 1, 2, 6 and 7;

Fig. 9 is a plan of a sheet-metal blank for forming the modified form ofcombined vtachment formed Fig. 9.

part and its stem shown back bar and attachment part shown in Fig. 10;and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the atfrom the'blank shown in In thearrangement of my invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 the medal ribbonbar consists of a parallel-sided bar 1, see Figs. 3 and 4, withbackwardly extended edges 2, 3, over which the ends of the medal ribbonB are folded and secured by the edges 2, 3, of the bar and a secondplate: 5

(shown separately in Fig. '5) which latter has backwardly projectingtongues 6 pierced and raised out of it which are closed down over theedges and on to the back of a back plate 7. The latter has acrescent-shaped solitaire-like attachment part 8 of which the stem 9 issoldered or otherwise fixed to the back of the plate 7, preferablyslightly askew as shown in Fig. 1 so as to conform with the inclinationof the button-hole in the lapel of a mans coat and cause the medalribbon when worn to be about horizontal.

In a modification of my invention the secondplate 5 over which the medalribbon are closed as above described is made without the tongues 6 andhas the stem 9 of the crescent-shaped part 8 fixed directly to it asshown in Fig. 7. This obviates the necessity of using the third plate 7as above described. further modification the plate .5 (Fig. 7) to theback of which the stem 9 of the'crescentshaped attachment part 8 isfixed as afore said may itself form the medal ribbon bar, and in thiscase the medal ribbon will be fixed directly to the plate 5' by sewingor by an adhesive or by other suitable means.

In the arrangement of my invention illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 6 and7, the crescentshaped attachment part 8 and its stem 9 are formed in theknown manner in one piece from a sheet-metal blank such as shown in Fig.8 which is crescent-shaped with a central fiat section stem 9 projectingforwardly between the horns. This stem is then bent to project at rightangles from the face of the crescent and is soldered or otherwise fixedto the back of the medal bar or part such as the plate 7 or the plate 5.

If desired however the soldering may be dispensed with and thecrescent-shaped attachment part 8 with its stem 9 be formed in a piecewith the bar or plate as shown the backwardly extended edges of thefront plate 1 and If desired as a for instance in Figs. 9 and 10. Inthis case it will be seen that the blank is shaped so as to form thecross bar 7 at the end of the" suit the button-hole in the lapel of thecoat as above stated. i In any case the ribbon on the medal ribbon barmay be covered by a piece of thin transparent sheet celluloid which isplaced on the outside of the ribbon and is with the ends of the ribbonclosed over and secured by closing the plate as above described. Ifdesired as a further modification instead of the back attachment part 8of the net section stem 9 being crescent-shape, it

may be oblong or other suitable shape like the back of a solitaire aswill readily be understood.

'What I claim is as follows:

A combined medal ribbon bar and attachment means comprising aparallel-sided bar adapted to have a ribbon stretched thereon with theends of the ribbon folded over the parallel sides thereof, a platelocated at the back of saidbar and adapted to clamp the ends of theribbon thereon, the edges of the bar extending backwardly and clampingthe said plate upon the bar, a second plate, backwardly projectingtongues upon the first plate and closed down over the edges of saidsecond plate,'and a backwardly projecting crescent-shaped attachmentmember upon said second plate r I In testimony whereof I have signed myname to this specification.

WALTER F. GAUNT.

In the presence of C. F. WHITE, F. W. BEDDING.

